Just Wanted To Be Loved

You said

“It’s not you”

But you packed up fast

Left your coffee cup

On the kitchen glass

Little ring of brown

Stain that won’t wash out

Kind of like this doubt

I carry around

I just wanted to be loved

Not perfect

Just enough

Someone choosing me

When the day gets rough

I just wanted to be held

Like I wasn’t too much

Or not quite enough

I just wanted to be loved

Our friends still ask

“Have you talked at all?”

I just fake a laugh

Say

“We lost the call”

Scroll your photos slow

Like a broken prayer

Every smile I know

Came from being there

I just wanted to be loved

Not perfect

Just enough

Someone choosing me

When the day gets rough

I just wanted to be held

Like I wasn’t too much

Or not quite enough

I just wanted to be loved

Maybe it’s me

Picking hearts that leave

Maybe I’m the storm

I’ve been trying to flee

But late at night

Truth cuts through the noise

I still miss your voice

More than I admit

I just wanted to be loved

Not perfect

Just enough

Someone staying close

When the road gets tough

I just wanted to be held

Like I wasn’t too much

Or not quite enough

I just wanted to be loved

(yeah, I just wanted to be loved)